ide_tf_load(drive, task);
 
-       if (task->handler != NULL) {
-               if (task->prehandler != NULL) {
-                       hwif->OUTBSYNC(drive, tf->command, IDE_COMMAND_REG);
-                       ndelay(400);    /* FIXME */
-                       return task->prehandler(drive, task->rq);
-               }
+       switch (task->data_phase) {
+       case TASKFILE_MULTI_OUT:
+       case TASKFILE_OUT:
+               hwif->OUTBSYNC(drive, tf->command, IDE_COMMAND_REG);
+               ndelay(400);    /* FIXME */
+               return pre_task_out_intr(drive, task->rq);
+       case TASKFILE_MULTI_IN:
+       case TASKFILE_IN:
+       case TASKFILE_NO_DATA:
                ide_execute_command(drive, tf->command, task->handler, WAIT_WORSTCASE, NULL);
                return ide_started;
-       }
-
-       if (task_dma_ok(task) && drive->using_dma && !hwif->dma_setup(drive)) {
+       default:
+               if (task_dma_ok(task) == 0 || drive->using_dma == 0 ||
+                   hwif->dma_setup(drive))
+                       return ide_stopped;
                hwif->dma_exec_cmd(drive, tf->command);
                hwif->dma_start(drive);
                return ide_started;
        }
-
-       return ide_stopped;
 }
 
 /*
                        }
                        /* fall through */
                case TASKFILE_OUT:
-                       args.prehandler = &pre_task_out_intr;
                        args.handler = &task_out_intr;
                        /* fall through */
                case TASKFILE_OUT_DMAQ:
 
 /*
  *  internal ide interrupt handler type
  */
-typedef ide_startstop_t (ide_pre_handler_t)(ide_drive_t *, struct request *);
 typedef ide_startstop_t (ide_handler_t)(ide_drive_t *);
 typedef int (ide_expiry_t)(ide_drive_t *);
 
        };
        u32                     tf_flags;
        int                     data_phase;
-       ide_pre_handler_t       *prehandler;
        ide_handler_t           *handler;
        struct request          *rq;            /* copy of request */
        void                    *special;       /* valid_t generally */